Gods and Goals: Spiritual Striving as Purposeful Action

Gods and Goals: Spiritual Striving as Purposeful Action

Religion as a domain of human activity invests existence with meaning by establishing goals and value systems. These goals potentially pertain to all aspects of a persons' life. A goals approach rooted in personal strivings provides a general unifying framework to capture the dynamic aspect of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robert A. Emmons
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Psychosozial-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG 2008-12-01
Series:	Journal für Psychologie
Subjects:	strivings goals sanctification motives evolution personality integration
Online Access:	http://www.journal-fuer-psychologie.de/jfp-3-2008-03.html

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